Melotaku Matsuri 1

ĦMelotaku Matsuri 1 will be the first edition of the Melotaku Matsuri, the song festival to select the Otaku Republican entry of the Maia Song Contest 4. It was announced on September 25, 2016 that ORBN will have a national final after 2 editions of using internal selection

Entries
Ahead of the show, Eli Ayase, the ORBN Head of Delegation has announce that the song will be revealed one by one and the other entries will have clues before the song is revealed.

The contest will have 20 songs. Oath Sign was supposed to be Disqualified due to it being Xhoresä's entry but was reinstated after Xhoresa changed their mind

Semi Final 1
Playlist can be found here

LiSA's Disqualification
LiSA was supposed to participate in the Melotaku Matsuri with Oath Sign. However, the Xhorese Broadcasting Union (XhoBroU) decide to chose LiSA as the representative of Xhoresä. Therefore is disqualified from the National Final.

"We wanted LiSA to represent Otaku Republic after her success in Tayō Nohito but Xhoresa got us first so is disqualified we hope to get her in the 2nd Edition of Melotaku Matsuri"

However, Xhoresa announced that I will no longer be sending LiSA as the representative therefore was Reinstated in the contest